OAR 413-120-0053
The Adoption Committee

(1)

An individual described in OAR 413-120-0025 (Composition of an Adoption Committee)(2) attending an adoption committee must inform the committee facilitator at the beginning of the adoption committee whether the individual intends to serve as an adoption committee member. These individuals may present written or oral information regarding the needs of the child during the adoption committee, whether or not they are serving as adoption committee members.

(2)

An individual invited to attend the adoption committee under OAR 413-120-0035 (Invitation to and Notification of Adoption Committee)(5) to present information about the child must:

(a)

Present written or oral information regarding the needs of the child during the adoption committee; and

(b)

Respond to clarifying questions from adoption committee members and the ADS; and

(c)

Leave when excused from the adoption committee, prior to the presentation of the potential adoptive resources.

(3)

The adoption workers must present information on the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the potential adoptive resource in relation to meeting the current and lifelong needs of the child.

(4)

After all presentations have been completed:

(a)

The following individuals must remain at the adoption committee:

(A)

The adoption committee members;

(B)

Each adoption worker presenting information regarding a potential adoptive resource; and

(C)

The ADS.

(b)

The following individuals may remain at the adoption committee, if they so choose:

(A)

Department staff or supervisors as described in OAR 413-120-0025 (Composition of an Adoption Committee)(4).

(B)

Individuals described in OAR 413-120-0025 (Composition of an Adoption Committee)(2) attending an adoption committee who have elected not to serve as committee members.

(5)

The adoption committee members must:

(a)

Consider all of the information, deliberate, and make recommendations regarding the adoptive resource most likely to permanently and fully integrate the child into the family and meet the current and lifelong needs of each child for whom potential adoptive resources are being considered.

(A)

When adoption committee members all agree, the adoption committee may make one or more of the following recommendations:
(i)
A single potential adoptive resource is the most appropriate.
(ii)
An order of preference of appropriate adoptive resources.
(iii)
A potential adoptive resource is not appropriate and should not be considered.

(B)

When the adoption committee cannot reach agreement, each adoption committee member makes his or her respective recommendations known to the committee facilitator.

(b)

At the conclusion of the adoption committee, the committee facilitator must record the recommendations on a form approved by the Department and submit the form to the ADS.

(6)

All confidential written information provided for the purpose of adoption placement selection to individuals who are not Department staff must be:

(a)

Retained by the Department at the conclusion of the adoption committee when the individual attended the committee; and

(b)

Returned to the Department within seven business days when the individual did not attend the committee.

Source: Rule 413-120-0053 — The Adoption Committee, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=413-120-0053.

413‑120‑0000
Definitions 413‑120‑0010
Purpose 413‑120‑0016
Confidentiality 413‑120‑0020
Adoption Placement Selection Options 413‑120‑0021
Adoption Placement Selection by Caseworker 413‑120‑0025
Composition of an Adoption Committee 413‑120‑0035
Invitation to and Notification of Adoption Committee 413‑120‑0053
The Adoption Committee 413‑120‑0057
Adoption Placement Selection, Notification, and Documentation 413‑120‑0060
Review of the Adoption Placement Selection 413‑120‑0100
Purpose 413‑120‑0110
Values 413‑120‑0115
Procedures 413‑120‑0142
Purpose 413‑120‑0145
Values 413‑120‑0155
Conditions for Not Filing a Petition for Adoption 413‑120‑0160
Right to Use Expedited Process 413‑120‑0165
Requirements Prior to Proceeding to Legalization of the Adoption 413‑120‑0170
Attorney Fees 413‑120‑0175
Court Filing Requirements 413‑120‑0190
Purpose 413‑120‑0220
Adoption Application Requirements 413‑120‑0222
Conflict of Interest for Adoptive Applicants 413‑120‑0225
Conditions that Require Additional Approval or Termination of the Department’s Adoption Application Process 413‑120‑0240
Status Notification of Adoption Applications 413‑120‑0243
Prioritization of an Adoption Home Study Application 413‑120‑0246
Standards for an Adoptive Home and Release of an Adoption Home Study 413‑120‑0400
Purpose 413‑120‑0440
Circumstances in which a Criminal Records Check Must Occur and Types of Records Checks Required 413‑120‑0450
Disqualifying and Potentially Disqualifying Criminal Convictions 413‑120‑0455
Potentially Disqualifying Arrests 413‑120‑0457
Weighing Test 413‑120‑0460
Contesting a Fitness Determination 413‑120‑0475
Record Keeping, Confidentiality 413‑120‑0600
Purpose 413‑120‑0620
Values 413‑120‑0625
Roles and Responsibilities 413‑120‑0628
Criteria for Using the Cooperative Adoption Mediation Process 413‑120‑0630
Post Adoption Communication Agreements (PACAs) 413‑120‑0635
Cooperative Adoption Planning Through Legal Assistance Mediation Services 413‑120‑0700
Purpose 413‑120‑0720
Department Efforts to Place with Relatives, Current Caretakers and to Place Siblings Together 413‑120‑0730
Order of Preference for Identification of Potential Adoptive Resources 413‑120‑0735
Current Caretaker or Relative Caregiver Request for an Adoption Home Study 413‑120‑0750
Recruitment Efforts 413‑120‑0760
Identification of a Child’s Potential Adoptive Resources 413‑120‑0800
Purpose 413‑120‑0830
Department Actions Prior to Placement 413‑120‑0840
Early Adoption Transition 413‑120‑0860
Placement and Post-placement Supervision 413‑120‑0870
Disruption 413‑120‑0880
No Delay in Placement 413‑120‑0900
Purpose 413‑120‑0910
Duty to Provide Information to Convention Case Registry 413‑120‑0920
Adoption of a Child Immigrating to the United States (Incoming Convention Adoption) 413‑120‑0925
Adoption of a Child Emigrating from the United States (Outgoing Convention Adoption) 413‑120‑0930
Transition, Travel, Placement, and Registration Requirements 413‑120‑0940
Post-Placement Supervision 413‑120‑0945
Finalization and Post-Finalization Duties 413‑120‑0950
Adoption Assistance 413‑120‑0960
Disclosure to the Adoptive Family 413‑120‑0970
Hague Custody Declarations
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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